First Grade

My determination to post here more frequently has not been very successful. Between bouts with the flu and a less than cooperative computer, my blogging capablity has been severely challenged. But I'll keep trying.

When did first grade become so hard? My dim, distant memories of first grade are of Mrs. Stokes class where we laboriously printed our letters and went outside for recess. Milk in glass bottles at recess are a great memory, too. I don't really remember what my kids did in first grade; simple reading, I guess, number order, counting to 100, getting used to a full day at school? And maybe a little bit of homework.

First graders now work hard! A homework folder comes home every week with math pages, writing projects, word sorts, 20 minutes of reading. And if someone's been goofing off in class (do I know anyone who would do that), there's a stack of extra work to be made up. Then there are special projects like gluing 100 objects to a poster board to celebrate 100th Day of School and a Valentine box to be covered. First grade is really wearing us out!

Anyway, that's life at our house right now. Kenzie is chomping at the bit to get into kindergarten. I'm afraid all I see is more homework ahead of us!